Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-05-13
THE HANCOCK COUNTY HORROR.
Nothing New Developed Yesterday Re
garding the Murders.

garding the Murders.
There is nothing new relative TO the
horrible double murder at Holiday s
Cove. The Coroner Jury will meet to-day
to agree upon verdict Detectives Shore
and CoulSon. of Pittsburgh, visited the
Cove yesterday and made a thorough eN-
animation of the premises and fully learned
the circumstances attending the crime, so
far as they are known. Baker is still in
the Hancock county Jail.
The funeral of the murdered women
took place at o'clock yesterday after
noon, Rev. p. Graham, and the Presbyter-
ian minister officiating. An immense
crowd of people from all parts of the coun-
try were present and followed the remains
TO Three Springs Cemetery at the top OF
Cove hill, where the interment took place.
Relatives and friends of the deceased were
present from Canton, Massillon, loungs-
town and from all points of the surround
ing country.
In speaking of the arrest of Baker, yes
terday evenings Steubenyille Herald said
Van Il. Baker is confined in the New
Cumberland jail Shortly before nighttall
last evening Sheriff Lindsey, Of Hancock
county, slipped the handouts over the del
icate wrists of the suspect, forced him into
closed carriage provided for the purpose,
Jumped in after his prisoner and at signal
the team sped away up the beautiful valley
that reaches from Holidays Cove TO New
Cumberland, where Baker WIS given a
cell in the county prison. All along the
route he Chatted pleasantly with the Sher-
i'll, and acted more like man out for a
pleasure drive than one on whose wrists
were handouts and who was being taken
TO Jail, suspected of being the perpetrator
of one of the most horrible, brutal and
cruel double murders TO be found in the
criminal history of the world. If Baker
be guilty he certainly displays great nerve,
or brass, or anything you might call it, but if
innocent his actions for man whose wife
has been the victim of so cruel and heart
less n murder is, to say the least, unnat-
ural. To person who processes To know
something of human nature, Baker is
playing a great part. hut if his nerve once
lorSakes him, he will 20 to pieces and con
fess his crime. From his actions, however
and from leaves gathered of his previous
life and career Van Baker is not the man
To commit such horrible deed and then
not have nerve enough to play his part
till the end of the drama"
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
4 Short Session Held Yesterday Morning
A special meeting OF the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners was held yesterday
morning, all the members being present
except Mr.. Stocker.
Mr. Abram I.asch presented his report
relative to the disputed lines between what
are known as the Jacob Reagan, James
Mcconnell and Joseph Brown surveys
The report was ordered filed, and a plat
made.
Mr. Alfred Caldwell asked the Board to
adopt the following:
RxOIrcd: That the President of the
Board be and he is hereby authorized and
empowered, in consideration of the sum of
S2-3. l3, paid by the Natural Gas Com
pany of West Virginia, to the Sheriff Tor
the Use of the county, to sign in the name
and on behalf of the Board, sealed with its
seal, and deliver to the company, a release
of all claims of every kind Of this county
or Board against said company for
damages by reason of or growing
in any way out OF the construction and lay
ing of the pipe line of said company along
or across the Wheeling and Elm Grove
road, across the Poor House Farm, and
from the National road across the Fulton
bridge and along and across the Peninsula
road, including damages 10 the crops on
such farm, such cOmpany's work, done
under the ordinance OF this Board, being
hereby declared, for the consideration
aforesaid, done to the satisfaction of this
Board.
On motion of Mr.. McGregor the resOlu-
tion was amended by adding the follow
ing:
''Such release 10 he executed by the
President when approved by the Prosecut-
ing Attorney, and the same il to operate
~ n release OF such damages to the date
thereof, and not TO release the company
from future damages by reason Of work
done by it in repairs TO or maintenance Of
itS pipe line"
The resolution was then adopted, aud
the Board adjourned TO meet at the lnnIm-
AIRY to-day.